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- Ask questions often. The teaching team is extremely knowledgeable and can help you clear a roadblock and guide you in the right direction.
- Use laser cutters for planar geometry instead of 3D printing. It speeds up your build substantially.
- Prototype everything to check if your idea works before comitting to it.
- Don't procrastinate. This project is a lot, and even for simple projects, doing work up front can minimize long nights at TIW.
- Pick a project you are interested in. It won't be fun if you build something you do not care about.
Acknowledgments
Finally, Team 10 would like to give our thanks to all who have helped us achieve our goals for the semester. First, we'd like to thank Dr. Symmank and TA Aayush Parikh for teaching us the basics of mechanism design and analysis in the lecture. This project would not have been possible without those tools. We would also like to give a big shoutout to TA Connor Hennig for all of his advice throughout the project stage. Your mechanical knowledge and tips really made this project a success. Lastly, Team 10 would like to thank all the staff at Texas Inventionworks for providing a space and the tools required to build our project.